Estimating the active and total soil microbial biomass by kinetic respiration analysis

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-81

  Blagodatsky, S A ^a   Heinemeyer, O ^b   Richter, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active microbial biomass; Growth response description; Substrate induced respiration; Sustaining microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GLUCOSE; KINETIC MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL; SUBSTRATE INDUCED RESPIRATION;

BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034479583     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000219     Document Type: Article

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